"evilness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-evilness.wav Forms: evilnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yvelnesse, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yvelnesse}} Middle English yvelnesse, {{inh|en|ang|yfelnyss}} Old English yfelnyss, {{suffix|en|evil|ness}} evil + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} evilness (countable and uncountable, plural evilnesses)
  1. The quality or state of being evil. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: badness, viciousness, malignity, vileness Translations (of or relating to evil): maldat [feminine] (Catalan), slechtheid [feminine] (Dutch), kwaadaardigheid [feminine] (Dutch), pahuus (Finnish), Boshaftigkeit [feminine] (German), pahhuus (Ingrian), yvelnesse (Middle English), răutate [feminine] (Romanian), maliție [feminine] (Romanian), malițiozitate [feminine] (Romanian), maldad (Spanish), kötülük (Turkish)

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